Mike Marsh of Dashboard Confessional Talks About The Agency's Reunion This Saturday at Transit Lounge

If you were lucky enough to be in Miami in the mid to late '90s and of drinking age (okay, truth be told, anyone could get in anywhere back then), there's a good chance you know exactly what Arsenal 88 vocalist Andres Aguero means when he says, "I grew up singing along to The Agency during the golden days of Miami rock!"

The golden age he refers to is prior to techno's rule, when places like Fubar and Cheers regularly buzzed with the din of crowds coming to watch live rock bands. I still remember slipping into Society Hill when I was 15, with the help of a guitar teach I had who played in Fat Peter, and once inside, scoring a few Coronas from the bar with little more than a raised eyebrow from the bartender. Ah, the Golden Age.

The Agency was one of Miami's premier acts then. Comprised of Mike Marsh, Klaus Ketelhohn, Chris Drueke and, at different points later on, Chris Carraba, Joe Williams, and John Owens, The Agency itself was something of an incestuous little spring of SoFla rock talent, if you will. Marsh and Carraba both form part of Dashboard Confessional, as well as having lent their chops along with the other members, variously to Seville, Vacant Andys, and Arsenal 88.